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Dead Lambda sensor
« on: 19 April 2009, 21:27:20 »
As it says.. I got a dead Lambda sensor. It will be replaced in 2,5 weeks along with some other maintanance. So there is no problem :)

The question I have is: will it make the motor management go into safe mode after a while?

I'm not planning to use the car much until the sensor is gonna be replaced, because I know it's not good for the cat and fuel consumption, but next week I have to cover about 150 miles. Mostly highway.

Car we're talking about is a '99 B1 2.0 16V.
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Re: Dead Lambda sensor
« Reply #1 on: 20 April 2009, 07:02:31 »
The engine management should cope ok, putting in substitute values, but the damage to cat I'd be more concerned about.  I don't know how much abuse these cats can take, sorry  :-/
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Re: Dead Lambda sensor
« Reply #2 on: 20 April 2009, 19:24:17 »
Yeah, true. Just wanted to make sure, cos the engine running in the safe mode isn't good either.

I guess without high revs and just highway driving it should be okay. Trying to use the other cars here as much as possible, but there are few times I can't.
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